I have twenty-seven years of broad-based local and international academic and research experience in life sciences, environmental sciences, and engineering in the application of living process biochemistry for the environmental remediation of toxic metals, dyes, and inorganic and organic pollutants. I have special experience in phytoremediation of toxic metals, dyes, and anaerobic treatment of domestic and industrial wastewater through processes like denitrification, Anammox, and related biotechnologies. My new focus areas are biofuel production from various biomasses. I have published >250 research articles with a cumulative impact factor of >500 with >13700 citations (h-index = 64). I was conferred with the Best University Teacher Award by HEC (2009), Tamgha i Imtiaz (2011), and Fulbright Post-Doctoral Award USA (2012). In 2016, I was awarded the Gold Medal in Earth and Environmental Sciences by the Pakistan Academy of Sciences. I am the editor of 3 international research journals and Publication Chair for the Agriculture and Biology Conference for the years 2015 and 2016.